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If the question were posed as to whether the writers of the Federalist Papers were in some way influenced by Aristotle, one would only have to look as far as the educational background of the authors. Madison studied under John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey at Princeton. Although there is no explicit suggestion that Aristotelian political theory was an integral part of Madison's education at the New Jersey College, there is evidence that Witherspoon incorporated an analysis…

37 through 85.) These books were titled simply The
Federalist.” (Coenen)
Since this new government needed some explanation Hamilton, Alexander, and Jay set out to clarify what the intent was. “Just as the delegates regarded democracy with varying degrees of enthusiasm, so too did they differ in their understanding of the meaning and character of the very structures of government they were creating.” (Beeman)
Through out the years many have wondered what was the intent of the framers of the constitution…

laws that help out the government in the area of
execution of foreign powers.
The view of the anti-federalists were obviously different. They believed
that the power given to the congress was not safe since it put them too much in
control. Hence they created the Bill of Rights to "establish justice, ensure domestic
tranquillity and provide for the common defense..." The anti-federalists feared that the
actual people would not be fairly represented by their new government since they…

The Conflict between Federalists and Anti-Federalists
The Conflict between Federalists and Anti-Federalists
While the anti-Federalists believed the Constitution and formation of a National Government would lead to a monarchy or aristocracy, the Federalists vision of the country supported the belief that a National Government based on the Articles of the Confederation was inadequate to support an ever growing and expanding nation.
After the constitution was signed the next step was ratification…

on the foreign vehicle. However, the Anti-Federalists would spend money on common people, which I disagree with.
One of the biggest issues back then was whether or not to abandon the Articles of Confederation and ratify the Constitution. The Constitution would unify the American people and create a government which could actually govern the nation to an effective extent. Under the Articles, the government had little to none useful governing power. Federalists wanted to change that and therefore…

common good. The reason faction’s had such a major role in this war was because the NVA faction and the ARVN faction both gathered tons of supporters, and turned a civil war into an international battle between Communists countries verses against anti-communist countries. The reason the factions were uncontrolled was because there was no central government to stop them. After Vietnam gained independence from France, it was separated into two political regimes. The North was communist and the…

with other members of the same social groups, ideals, and goals, no particular group should be able to become so strong as to thwart the interest of all other groups.
Factions had been further discussed in Federalist No. 10.
Two summaries of the Federalist papers No. 10 and No. 51.
The Federalist No. 10
James Madison starts of this paper by saying that the strong Constitution has the control to deal with violence and aggression caused by factions. Madison says these factions do not help those in…

classes. This means that aristocrats that own large expanses of land and hard laborers who own small estates should have the same amount of power in government. The Anti-Federalists believed that the representatives should represent all men, including the men of the lesser classes. In Brutus Essay II it is apparent that the Anti-Federalists see the need for representatives to show diversity. It states “If we may collect the sentiments of the people of America… they hold this truth as self-evident, that…

His decisions no longer reflected a strict interpretation of the Constitution, but resembled the loose construction of the Constitution employed by the Federalists. When he made the decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803, effectively doubling the territory of the USA, he loosely interpreted the Constitution like that of a federalist by working around the Constitution. No where did the Constitution state that the president had the power to make such a purchase, but by using the “necessary…

Jefferson is promoting states’ rights here in saying that the state governments hold the right to anything that is not clearly stated in the Constitution. Also, Jefferson states, “The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best that the states are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as to everything respecting foreign nations” (Document A). Jefferson again is stating that the states have more rights and to let the states be independent. Jefferson says this…